Articles tagged as Federalist Society
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“The Conservative Legal Movement Sputters” — Josh Hammer in the Spectator World
Taking an honest look at today’s conservative jurisprudence, Josh Hammer calls for a return to the Bible, natural law, and the substantive precepts underpinning our constitutional order. Some excerpts: “A sober, empirical assessment of the past four decades paints an ambiguous picture of substantive conservative success in US courthouses. It is simply not obvious how […] -
DEBATE: Prof. Hadley Arkes vs. Prof. Lee Strang at the Federalist Society
JWI Founder and Director Hadley Arkes debated University of Toledo Law School Professor Lee Strang on the question, “Should the Declaration inform the Constitution?”. Watch the full debate on the Federalist Society’s YouTube page here. -
PODCAST: Jesse Merriam and Josh Hammer on “An Even Better Originalism?”
Patrick Henry College Associate Professor Jesse Merriam and JWI affiliated scholar Josh Hammer joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker to discuss Professor Merriam’s article, “A Better Legal Conservatism,” published in The American Mind. Prof. Merriam’s article was in response to “A Better Originalism,” co-authored by Prof. Hadley Arkes, Garrett Snedeker, Josh Hammer, and Matthew Peterson. […] -
“How are Natural Rights Related to Just Laws?” – Prof. Hadley Arkes at the Federalist Society
The Federalist Society released their latest installment in a series of videos featuring JWI Founder and Director, Professor Hadley Arkes, discussing the natural law foundations of our Constitution and jurisprudence. In this latest short clip, Professor Arkes explains how all laws in some way restrict life, liberty, or property. Therefore, our central question must be, […] -
VIDEO: “A Better Originalism” Debate featuring JWI’s Garrett Snedeker and Prof. Ilan Wurman
JWI’s Garrett Snedeker and Prof. Ilan Wurman debated the merits of the statement Snedeker co-authored in March 2021, titled “A Better Originalism,” for the Scalia Law School Federalist Society Chapter. -
Does the Fourteenth Amendment Prohibit Abortion? A Webinar with Joshua Craddock
On October 20th, 2020, Joshua Craddock, JWI Fellow ’19 and Affiliated Scholar, was featured as a speaker on a webinar hosted by the Federalist Society at the University of Virginia School of Law. The webinar centered on Mr. Craddock’s recent article in the Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy titled, Protecting Prenatal Persons: Does […] -
PODCAST: Josh Hammer on Common Good Constitutionalism and Judicial Supremacy
Lawyer and legal commentator Josh Hammer joined JWI Deputy Director Garrett Snedeker and intern Joe Egler for a podcast recording to discuss the future of originalism in the conservative legal movement, Prof. Adrian Vermeule’s “common good constitutionalism,” and judicial supremacy. Josh Hammer is a nationally syndicated columnist and Of Counsel with First Liberty Institute. A […] -
“How Progressives Are Playing John Roberts”—Garrett Snedeker in The Federalist
Weighing in on Chief Justice Roberts’ Dissent in Obergefell v. Hodges—and namely why it has enjoyed praise from the left—Garrett Snedeker explains “How Progressives Are Playing John Roberts” in The Federalist. Some excerpts: “..The chief is invested in a false dichotomy in the marriage cases and in Lochner. What if there were a third way, […] -
“After Obergefell: A First Things Symposium”—A Response from Prof. Hadley Arkes
Charged with the questions both of how we should “respond to the ruling by the Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges that there is a constitutional right to same-sex marriage,” and of “what’s next” in the wake of that decision, several contributors to First Things offered their responses to the queries above. Arguing that we should proceed in […] -
40 Years Later: Roe v. Wade, Natural Law, and the Jurisprudence of Abortion
Prof. Arkes addresses Duke Law School’s chapter of the Federalist Society on the legacy of Roe v. Wade and discusses the future of the abortion issue in the jurisprudence of the federal courts.